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Device for removing and smearing cells

a cell and smearing technology, applied in the field of smearing cells and devices, can solve the problems of limited sampling freedom, blurred smearing if carried out imprecisely, etc., and achieve the effects of improving handling ability, avoiding smearing, and being convenient to us

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-01-08
GEORG AUGUST UNIVERSITAT GOTTINGEN STIFTUNG OFFENLICHEN RECHTS
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[0007]The invention provides a device that overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art and provides an economical solution for an exact cell collection and a reliable solution for the smearing onto a microscope slide.

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During the sampling it is necessary to perform a rotary motion, since spatially limited conditions prevail in gynecological use; in particular the possible degrees of freedom for the sampling are limited.
It is not required that the handle be rotated concomitantly, which leads to blurred smearings if carried out imprecisely.

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[0030]FIG. 1 shows a device 10 for removing and smearing cells for a cytological examination with an angular handle 1, in this case hexagonal in cross-section, and with a device 2 tapering conically towards the front for the collection of cells. The device 2 features on its outer side 12 a layer of foam material to which cells attach during a cell removal, in particular during an early detection for cervical carcinoma. In the front area I the endocervical cells are collected, in the section P of the device 2 facing the handle 1, the cells of the portio surface are taken up. Due to the elastic foam material layer, the cell removal takes place in a manner that is gentle to the tissue and with a higher cell yield than with plastic brushes.

[0031]FIG. 2 shows a variant and further development of the device 10 according to the invention, with a handle 1 in which a carrier 3 in the form of a plastic rod is pivoted and can be pushed in the direction of the longitudinal extension 5 of the ha...

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Abstract

A device for removing and smearing cells for a cytological examination with a handle at whose front end a device for the collection of the cells is arranged. The device provides an economical solution for cell collection and a reliable solution for smearing on a microscope slide. The device is embodied as a cone tapering towards the front in which a stabilizing device acting on a longitudinal extension of the cone is arranged.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The invention relates to a device for removing and smearing cells for a cytological examination with a handle at whose front end a device for the collection of the cells is arranged. In particular such a device is suitable for undertaking examinations of the cervix, in particular for taking a smear.DISCUSSION OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION[0002]Various methods of undertaking a cell smear are known from prior art, in particular during screening for cervical carcinomas. One method for the collection of the cells comprises the use of a cotton carrier in which cotton is arranged at one end of a strip of wood. Experience has shown that a slight lesion is caused by a cotton carrier, and moreover a deep endocervical cell removal is enabled. A disadvantage of the use of a cotton carrier is the fact that two cotton carriers are required for one smear and that as a rule the smearing pressure is uneven. Too strong a smearing pressure leads to considerable cell- and nucle...

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IPC IPC(8): A61B10/00A61B10/02A61F13/38
CPCA61B10/0045A61B2010/0216A61B2010/0074
Inventor HUSCHMAND NIA, ABDOLHAMIDWEGENER, REIHOLD
Owner GEORG AUGUST UNIVERSITAT GOTTINGEN STIFTUNG OFFENLICHEN RECHTS
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